I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history.
“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”